Friday from the Archives: “Snow L. and B.W.C. Roberts Collection of North Carolina Fiction,” by Nancy Shires from NCLR Issue 11 (2002)
One mission of the North Carolina Literary Review is to promote forgotten or neglected writers of the Old North State.
With both an historic feature section and the first guest feature editor, the 2023 issue of the North Carolina Literary Review available now is one to celebrate.
Saturday Review: “The Tao of Disability” by Mike Hamer in NCLR Vol 2. Iss. 2. (1995)
A review of A Whole New Life by Reynolds Price (1994)
Over the summer, we’re sharing some reruns of older book reviews.
“Disability, whenever it comes, is always a mystery.”
David Joy will judge the next Doris Betts Fiction Contest, co-sponsored by NCLR and NCWN.
Friday from the Archives: “Renaissance Man: An Interview with Clyde Edgerton” by George Hovis, from NCLR Issue 26 (2017)
In 2016, George Hovis interviewed Clyde Edgerton that not only highlights Edgerton’s repeated success in multiple artistic mediums, but also gives us a deep dive into the author’s philosophy about creativity.
Saturday Review: “The Regional Poet and the World” a review by Karen K. Mason in NCLR Online 2013
Robert Morgan. October Crossing (2009) and Terroir (2011)
Scott Owens. Something Knows the Moment (2011) and For One Who Knows How to Own Land (2012)
Friday from the Archives: “A Glimpse of these ‘Extraordinary Price Brothers’: James W. Clark interviews William S. Price” excerpt, from NCLR Online 2016.
The 2023 Applewhite winner is Janis Harrington. Michael White and Debra Kaufman were also chosen.
“Whether I was collaborating with interns to edit an interview transcription, reaching out to local bookstores for images of North Carolina authors at events for book reviews, or attending events for NCLR at ECU, working for NCLR was one of the most exciting jobs I’ve had. Period.”
Saturday Review: “Always Timely, No Matter The Time” a review by Ashley Daughtridge in NCLR Online 2021.
Kati Gardner. Brave Enough (2018)
David Brendan Hopes. The Falls of Wyona: A Novel (2019)
Daughtridge starts the review stating, “Though taking place over half a century apart, both [books] upend prejudicial stigmas related to current social issues:”